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[edit] Full discographies?

I have a question regarding single tracklists. Although I understand that a tracklisting should be provided, I don't believe that every version released should merit its own tracklisting on the page, simply because it's trivial and repeats the same information. Has this issue been addressed before? SKS2K6 (talk) 18:18, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Radiohead song article importance

I have been having a discussion between myself and Indopug and myself about the importance of several Radiohead songs. Around last week, he redirected many of the song articles by the band to their respective album page. The songs he redirected were not singles, and he cited the songs as non-notable. There were some songs he redirected by mistake (e.g. "I Might Be Wrong") because they were released as radio-only singles. But I disagree with his redirecting of the songs because, in my opinion, some are significant enough to have an article, whether they are singles or not. The edits he made were on May 14th, so anyone can view the articles being disputed. I also stated that some songs that have a music video which makes them notable as well because they're being distributed to TV, like a song being distributed to video. Main question being asked: do songs not released as a single or music video still have articles? (Note: some songs by the band, released as music video and not a single, are also being disputed.) —Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs • email) 23:51, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Notability/non-notability isn't really the issue. The question is whether there's enough material in reliable sources to make a separate article. In the case of a lot of album tracks there really isn't that much to go on. Flowerparty☀ 15:51, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
You bring up a good point. I guess that whether the article about the song is or isn't a single is not really the case anymore; what really matters is that the article has enough adequate sources to make it stay. —Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs • email) 16:49, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Notability is an issue. See the notability section on the project page, and at Wikipedia:Notability (music)#Songs. Even many singles are not notable enough to merit an article of their own. The main ways a song can be notable are:
  • ranked on national or other significant music charts,
  • won significant honors or awards, or
  • performed independently by several notable artists
In addition, there must be sufficient verifiable material to make an article worthwhile. Songs that don't meet these criteria should redirect to the article for the album they came from, or perhaps to an article about the band. Note that it is not sufficient that the band be notable. Even many songs by famous bands like Radiohead will not be notable.--Srleffler (talk) 21:26, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Requested Articles Page

If no one is watching the Requested Articles page to delete the fulfilled requests then I volunteer to keep it in order. By the looks of things no one is and there is no bot to deal with it. Machete97 (talk) 13:45, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] found a strange editor - vandalism ?

check out Jhovstkepp

Machete97 (talk) 02:10, 31 May 2008 (UTC)